Keane is also likely to make his top-flight debut sooner rather than later, and although he thanks manager Louis van Gaal for his faith in the club’s academy players, he believes that Giggs was crucial as well.

It is clear that the 40-year-old has been advising Van Gaal on which academy graduates to promote to the first team.

Although against Swansea at Old Trafford, the inclusion of Blackett and Lingard in a 3-5-2 system did not pay dividends, in the future these are the players who could well take United back to the pinnacle of English football.

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Subhankar Mondal

A freelance journalist based in Wakefield, Subhankar Mondal has previously worked for Goal.com International and has had his sports articles published in The Guardian and The Observer. He has also been on the BBC in the past and his name once found its way to the pages of the World Soccer magazine.